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UNITED STATES PATENT MAX POSTMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,717, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed February 5, 1887. Serial No. 226,652. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, MAX POSTMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in so constructing a cap that it can be used alternately either as a polo or college cap, which object I attain by so placing a peak that when the cap is used as a polo cap it can be inserted out of sight'between the inside lining and the body of the cap, and when used as a college cap it is pulled down, thus making a peak cap and combining at will in one cap the qualities and appearance of two.

I have usedthe names college7 and polo7 as signifying styles of caps known in the trade as such, but do not intend that these names shall limit the scope of my invention.

I attain these objects by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a cap constructed according to my invention, showing the front partly in section and being used as a polocap; Fig. 2, the same, showing the position of the parts-when used as a college cap. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken through the front part of the cap for the purpose of more minutely showing the details.

A is the body of the cap, B the peak, and C the inside lining thereof. The lining is sewed in the cap in any of the usual-ways, except as to the bottom line of stitching, @,which can end at any predetermined point on both sides of the cap, thus forming between the lining and the body of the cap a space in which the peak B can be inserted. when not in use.

The peak B can be formed in any desired manner; but in this case it is desirable, but not absolutely necessary, that a exible and water-proof stiffening-piece, b, shouldbe inserted in the peak, sufficiently flexible to allow of the peak being moved in and out, and of sufficient stiffness to hold the peak in shape.

D is a supplemental piece, which I sew or fasten in any desirable manner or position on the front of the peak, and which prevents the lining from being seen when the peak is used,

which piece, of course, extends thc full length of the peak.

E is a sweat-band formed of the upper portion of the peak and the lower portion of the lining C, extending the full length of the peak, so as to prevent the lining from being soiled by the sweat from the forehead. This sweatband may or may not contain stiffening material, according to the desire of the manufacturer, and can be extended beyond the junction of the lining and peak, if desired, by cutting the peak section accordingly.

It will be plainly seen from the foregoing that when the cap is used in either of the alternate ways before described a perfect article of its class is the result.

I am aware that adjustable peaks havelong been used on hats'and caps, and do not claim their manner of use, broadly; but

' What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cap, the combination of the outer material thereof, the inside lining thereof secured together at their meeting edges, except at the portion directly above their union with the peak, and the peak hinged or flexibly secured to the lower edge` of the said lining, whereby the peak may be worn in its normal position or folded and concealed within the space between thelining and Vthe outer material ofthe cap, as set forth.

2. In a cap, the combination of the peak B,

cap-body A, lining G, and supplemental piece D, said supplemental piece D being fastened to the peak B and preventing the lining from being seen when the peak is used, substantially as described.

3. In a cap, the combination of the cap-body A, lining C, peak B, andsweatband E,formed by the joining of the peak and lining, and supplemental piece D, secured to the front of the peak, all operating substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 4th day of February, 1887 MAX POSTMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. JAKEWAY, EUGENE A. SAVARY. 

